A master of literature talks about film: exploring the relationship between literature and film and television

the forum of "Literary Masters talking about Film" at the 31st Golden Rooster and hundred Flowers Film Festival invited Zou Jingzhi, Ye Zhaoyan, Shi Jian, and Shi Hang as the keynote speakers. They are all cross-border figures or famous screenwriters of literature and film and television. In their eyes, the relationship between literature and film and television is not so simple.

A literary master takes" the Grandmaster "as an example to discuss the relationship between literature and film and television.

the most popular view is that film and television works can help literary works to expand their influence and even rejuvenate the original works that have been silent for many years. This is indeed no lack of examples, there have been many novels because of the favor of film and television investors or directors, have been adapted into film and television works, get better dissemination, all of a sudden widely known. Dusty works sell well, and unknown original authors become popular overnight, earning both fame and fortune. However, the "Master of Literature talking about Film" forum at the 31st Golden Rooster and hundred Flowers Film Festival invited Zou Jingzhi, Ye Zhaoyan, Shi Sian and Shi Hang as the keynote lecturers. They are all cross-border figures or famous screenwriters of literature and film and television. In their eyes, the relationship between literature and film and television is not so simple.

< strong > Film and television and literature are mutually complementary and interdependent < / strong >

Literature is "created out of nothing", and writing a literary script is still about equal to "nothing", but film and television actors can turn this "nothing" into "being". A scene described briefly in the script can be richly interpreted by actors with facial expressions and body movements. The screenwriter can also write and add plays according to the characteristics of the actors. Zou Jingzhi said that when he was writing the screenplay of the movie "the Grandmaster," he felt that one scene was too short and had to be added, so he called the director Wong Kar-wai, but Wong Kar-wai said he had written enough and invited him to watch it. Zou Jingzhi found that Liang Chaowei and Zhang Ziyi interpreted the play in a rich and complex way, fully revealing the thoughts contained between the lines. But if you leave the script, the actor will have nothing to rely on and nothing to perform.

< strong > Film and Television need the help of Literature < / strong >

Ye Zhaoyan said on the spot: film and television directors are very good, not heads-up literature. They just need literature to help film and television. His words drew applause from everyone. As if as a footnote to his words, screenwriters have said that many famous directors love reading, such as directors Jiang Wen and Wong Kar-wai. Jiang Wen's films are sometimes adapted from short stories or short stories by unknown writers, indicating that he dabbles in a wide range of books. Looking at Wang Kar-wai's book list from Douban, including all kinds of books at all times and at home and abroad, it is very miscellaneous, and his film lines are very exquisite and literary. The whole film has poetic temperament and delicate emotion, and has a lot of literary implication. Without these characteristics, it is no longer a "Wong Kar-wai movie."

< strong > in fact, film and television and literature have nothing to do with each other. < / strong >

they are two cultural styles that are independent of each other and are not "in-laws". Therefore, great efforts have to be made to transform each other; whether it is the adaptation of literary works into film and television works or the adaptation of film and television works into novels, it is a kind of extraordinary and recreational work and deserves enough respect. Ye Zhaoyan even believes that a writer does not necessarily have to be associated with film and television.

indeed, the relationship between film and literature may not be as utilitarian as it used to be. Film is not literature, but it is inseparable from literature. To some extent, literature is the matrix of film, which defines the aesthetic principles of film from the implication. The story telling, characterization, language lines and artistic conception creation of film are inseparable from literature. Some people say that if today's domestic films want to transform and develop and improve their literariness, I am afraid it is a task that must be accomplished. After listening to the forum, people have a deeper recognition of this remark.

Edit: mary